Man bashed with tyre iron for sending penis pics to drug addict’s ex

A 42-YEAR-OLD man with 17 charges hanging over his head has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment with immediate parole.

Christopher Renton Tailby pleaded guilty to a long list of criminal offences in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Friday, the most serious of which involved a violent, pre-meditated attack on his ex-partner's friend.

On May 3 Tailby walked over to the victim's house on French St in the middle of the night with a one-metre-long tyre iron in his possession.

The court heard the victim had been sending images of his genitalia to Tailby's ex-partner, as well as supplying her with marijuana.

When the defendant arrived at his destination, he spotted the victim sitting outside the home, having a drink.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Barry Stevens said Tailby walked over to the man and picked up his mobile phone, prompting the victim to ask what he was doing.

Wasting no time, Tailby began throwing punches, none of which made contact with the victim.